Job Summary: 

The Digital Content Specialist will utilize design principles and tactics to develop creative assets that are clear, concise, and eye-catching to encourage engagement among audience members. Additionally, they will help develop communication and project plans to spearhead rollouts of high-level employee communication in a timely manner. The Digital Content Specialist will create and develop digital content for our employee communication application. Works with key stakeholders and managers inside and outside Human Resources to drive enterprise-wide employee engagement. Responsible for engaging and training employees on the new and upcoming employee communication system in order to help users develop quality content and exercise strong editorial judgment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field and two years of relevant professional experience required.

Preferred Qualifications:

A familiarity with content and layout design tools such as the Adobe Create Suite, Canva, and similar applications preferred. Employee training experience, and working knowledge of content management systems such as WordPress or Squarespace preferred.

Work Days:

Monday-Friday, days

Message to Applicants:

Recruitment Office: Human Resources

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